Buck rake stacker



D. M. WILLIAMS BUCK RAKE sTAcKER July 16, 1946.

Filed oct. 19,' 1944 :s sheets-sheet 1 July 16, 1946. D, .9.. MLUAMS 2,404,154

BUCK RAKE STACKER Filed Oct. 19, 1944- 3 Sheets-Sheet.2

July 16, 1946.4 D. M. WILLIAMS 2,404,154

H BUCK RAKE STACKER Filed Oct. 19', 1944 v 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 oA rra/v /z' waz/fins including the A ability to Patented July 16,1946

*fi I I i 1 Application October 19 2,404,154 v BUCKRAKE STACKER Dayton Williams;Bynul'nville, Mo.

'Y y 1944, seriaiNofssagse, V,zclai'ms (01.2144-825 Thisinvention relates tofnew` and useful improvements in rakes .and the principalobject is to combineabuck rake with certain otherjfactors Y scoopand stack hay and other Crops-A l 2 1 Another important object -of the invention is to provide a buck rake with, meansz f or raisingand lowering the-same` and forcing hay or other material 01T Ofthet-ines thereof` when dumping of the rakesdesired l -Other importantuobjects and advantages of the invention shall become apparent to the reader of the followingdescription;` .Y i v 'In'the drawings; L fi y .Figurelgise fragmentary top-plan view.

Vnumeral denotes a frame or platform supported by wheels 6. This may be a truck or attachrnent for a tractor. A horizontal transverse shaft 1 is supported by bearings 8 and at each end has a drum 9 on which is wound a cable I0. A drive chain I I is trained over a sprocket wheel I2 on the shaft 1 and in this manner the shaft 1 is driven. t

A walking frame I3 is pivotally secured at its lower end as at I4, to the frame 5 and has eyes I5 at th'e rear side of its upper portion to'which the cables I0 connect. The upper portion of the front side of the frame I3 has eyes I6 to which short cables I1 connect and these cables I1 extend to connect to a buck rake assembly generally referred to by numeral I8.

The rake assembly I8 rconsists of a pair of'arms f I9, the inner ends o'f which have openings to receive a transverse shaft 20 supported by bearings 2I on the frame 5.

The ends of the shaft 20 are provided with drums 22 on which cables 23 are Wound.

Supported by uprights 24 on the arms I9 is a sh'aft 25 having pulleys 26 thereon over which the cables 23 are trained, these cables extending backwardly to connect to upstanding lugs 21 on the inner ends of pusher bars 28. The pusher bars 28 project rearwardly from a horizontally disposed rectangular shaped pusher frame 29 which issecured by suitabl side of a slide;-b1ockv3 l, this Vblock 3| h'aving an .opening y at its intermediate portion and its end ,portion bifurcated,as shown in Figuresy 1 and 3, The rake I8 includes a, plurality of tines 32 whichv are secured as, shown in Figure l to transverse connecting bars 33, 34, these bars in turn being secured `to thearms I9(see Figure y5).

e Theends of the block 3Iare bifurcated and the opening formed-inthe ,intermediate portion, for th'e purpose of` receivinglthethree intermediate tines 32 \of;the rake (see FigureB)Y Suitable brace members `areprovidedfor theback side ofthe pusher frameZQ. On the shaft 20-is'pa splined clutch element-36 engageable with a freely rotatable clutchlelement vimmovable longitudinally .onthe shaft 20, 'this cIuthFeIQmEnt- 3 7 zhaving'iag; sprocket wheel-:38

thereon driven by chain 39 trained over a sprocklet wheel 40 on the shaft 1. An elongated forked hand lever 4I, fulcrumed as at 42 is employed fo shifting the clutch element 36. l 1 When the power plant (not shown) is in operation, the shaft 1 can be made to turn in one di'- rection or the other for the purpose of lifting or lowering the rake assembly I8. Of course the entire'vehicle is moved when it is desired to rake up material on to the rake I8, after which the shaft 1 is rotated clockwise, as sh'own in Figure 2, to elevate the rake assembly I 8, this by the action of the swingable walking frame I3. With the load in the position shown in Figure 4, the vehicle can be driven to an unloading point, where, if a stack is to be formed, th'e rake assembly can be elevated to the desired elevation as shown in the broken lines in Figure 4. With the rake assembly in loading disposition, the clutch element 36 canbe shifted to engage clutch element 31 thus connecting the shaft 1 with' the shaft 20. Winding of the cables 23, 23 on the drum 22, 22 will serve to force the bars 28 forwardly. 'I'hus the bars 28 in moving forwardly shift the pusher frame 28 toward the tips of the tines 32, with the result, that the hay or other material A is displaced from the rake assembly onto the stack.

Obviously, the mechanism above described may be operated hydraulically or through any other power medium.

While'the foregoing description sets forth the invention in specic terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

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1'. A buck rake and stacker comprising a main frame, a drive shaft rotatably mounted .acrossjthe main frame, drums carried by Ysaid drive shaft andV disposed outwardly from oppositesid'es of /theomain frame, a rake in front ,of said main 1framerand having rearwardly extending arms spaced outwardly fromopposite sides Yof the main frame, :adriven shaftrotatably rmounted Aacross th main frame in front ofthe drivev shaft with end portions projecting outwardly from opposite sides of the main frame, said arms havingl their therdrums of Vthedriveshaft,v afpuslherf'frame slideable; forwardly: and rearwardlyalong tines fof said fork, pusher bowers extending rearwardly from the' pusher frame: outwardly-'of the rearfV wardly'extending armsof the fork andfhav'ing 'their rear ends bentV toforrn outstanding lugs,

bearingsextendingupwardly from the rearward` Y ly extendingi arms of thefork,A a shaftrotatably mounted through' the'bearings with its ends. projectingoutwardlyfrom thepusl'ier bowe'rs, pulleys carried bythe protectngends ofthelast mentioned shaft,Y drums carried by the projecting Y endsgof Ythe driveri'rrshaft,` cfablesrrattached to the` flugs `ofi-the pusher` bowers andlextended forwardyV ly and trainedjA about .the pulleys andl then ex-4 the driven shaft, and means for transmitting rotary movement from the drive shaft to the, driven shaft including a clutch for controlling rotation of the driven shaft.

2. A buck rake stacker comprising a main frame, a drive shaftfrotatably Vmounted across the main frame, a driven shaft rotatably mounted across the main frame forwardly of the drive lshaftrotate'd from the ymain vshaftdrums car'ried bythe .drive shaft and the'diven'shaft, Y`a buck rake'i'n frontl ofthe main frame having 1 arms extending rearwardly therefrom at oppofori;Y and mountingthe pusheriV frame for move- Y Y g formedypusherbowers extending rearwardly 4from Y the pusher frame, Abearings extending npwardly site sides of the main frame and pivoted to the drive shaft and lmounting thei rake for vertical Y swinging `movement to adjusted position, a pusher frame over said fork, a blockmounted under the f pusher frame transversely thereof and y*upon which passages slideably receiving tines of the ment ,f orwardlyand rearwardly upon the fork are ,from the towers f of vthe fork', 3a snaftflrotatabiy mounted through the bearingsypulleys car-r-edby the l last mentioned shaft, cables connected with rear ends'of the pusherbowers and extended forwardly and vtrainedabotsaid'pulleys Yand then extended rearwardlyland wound about the drums 4 Carried bytheldrivenshaft, a walking frame -extending upwardly from the main frame'andlhav'- ing arms pivoted to the Amain frame `at vopposite 'sides thereof, cables -eXtend-ingfforwardly from the upper end of the walking frameand secured toY the rear portion of thebuck rak,"7and-cables connectedowith the upper portion of the'walking Y frame and extending rearwardly therefrom l and Y 'woundiabout the drums .of th'e' mainshaft:s"L 

